This is a book that I have read many, many times. I was out of books, I needed books, and I found this one at a Christian bookstore one day looking for a decent book that didn’t concern witches, vampires, or two teens making out on the front cover. And boy, did I make the right choice!

WWII, a dead mother, daily doses of Emily Dickinson, a new foster mother, and a crazy, outgoing new best friend are what Alcyone (Al-cee-u-nee, the name of a star) Everly finds herself left with after the death of her beloved mother in 1939. “I have a home, and I have a mother, and neither one are in Maine,” she tells her new foster mother, Miss Beatrice Lovell defiantly one afternoon after a social party they attend. Allie finds herself shutting everyone who loves and cares about her out of her life, and she can’t seem to stop.

Then Sam Carroll, her childhood friend, pops back into her life again. He brings back wonderful memories of her mother, and spending a lifetime gardening the stars… before the sickness caught up to her. But with him comes a painful time for Allie – love, memories, both good and bad, and quite possibly the thought of letting God into her life are things she desperately tries to shut out. But God is working on her, and Allie can’t help but let her heart be melted of stone and find what she’s been missing all this time – love. 

This is an all-time favorite of mine – has been ever since I picked it up and couldn’t put it down! I definitely recommend it to those of you who love historical fiction and a good romance.  🙂 Worth the read, and a box of tissues!